FUNERAL OF THE GREAT LAFAYETTE, EDINBURGH

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See info file for contemporary newspaper accounts of the fire. Lafayette's real name was Sigmund Neuberger. Cameraman information supplied by grand-daughter of Bryant, 2008. Bryant also worked for Gaumont and later Fox.

Shotlist:credits (.06) shots as horse-drawn wagon enters the gates of Piershill Cemetery, Edinburgh, with floral tribute. c/u of the floral arrangement with legend "The Last Act" (.17) a brass band leads the funeral procession through the gates of the cemetery. Brief shot of approaching hearse (.59) [Incomplete]